Trichocolletes (Trichocolletes) Cockerell

Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2008, Revised species checklist of the Paracolletinae (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) of the Australian Region, with the description of new taxa, Zootaxa 1891, pp. 1-24 : 14

Subgenus Trichocolletes (Trichocolletes) Cockerell

Trichocolletes Cockerell 1912: 176 . Type species: Lamprocolletes venustus Smith 1862 , by original designation. Trichocolletes (Trichocolletes) ; Michener 1965: 78.

Geographic distribution: temperate regions in Australia (including Tasmania).

Included species (22): Trichocolletes aureotinctus ( Cockerell 1906a) [ Anthoglossa ]; Trichocolletes burnsi Michener 1965 ; Trichocolletes chrysostomus ( Cockerell 1929c) [ Paracolletes ]; Trichocolletes daviesiae Rayment 1931 ; Trichocolletes dives ( Cockerell 1914e) [ Anthoglossa ]; Trichocolletes dowerinensis Rayment 1931 ; Trichocolletes eremophilae Houston 1990 ; Trichocolletes erythrurus ( Cockerell 1914d) [ Paracolletes ]; Trichocolletes hackeri ( Cockerell 1913b) [ Anthoglossa ]; Trichocolletes latifrons ( Cockerell 1914e) [ Paracolletes ]; Trichocolletes lucidus ( Cockerell 1929c) [ Paracolletes ; described as Paracolletes marginatus lucidus ]; Trichocolletes marginatulus Michener 1965 ; Trichocolletes marginatus ( Smith 1879) [ Paracolletes ]; Trichocolletes maximus ( Cockerell 1929b) [ Paracolletes ]; Trichocolletes multipectinatus Houston 1990 ; Trichocolletes nigroclypeatus Rayment 1929b ; Trichocolletes rufibasis ( Cockerell 1929c) [ Paracolletes ]; Trichocolletes rufopilosus ( Rayment 1935) [ Paracolletes ]; Trichocolletes rufus ( Rayment 1930a) [ Paracolletes ]; Trichocolletes sericeus ( Smith 1862) [ Anthoglossa ]; Trichocolletes tenuiculus Rayment 1931 ; Trichocolletes venustus ( Smith 1862) [ Lamprocolletes ].

Comments. Michener (1965: 79–80) recognized groups of species within Trichocolletes s.str., which facilitate species-level identification.